June 13th is the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine.

[sufrommich]

Gloria Steinem has suggested changing your facebook pic on that day to Wonder Women (the first cover of Ms. magazine) on the 13th.

Here's a wonderful oral history of the beginning of Ms. magazine and the women who started it :

http://nymag.com/news/features/ms-magazine-2011-11/

[Scout]

1. i subscribed for years, and especially liked the advertising free years...

where the content was just good articles, poetry, etc. not having to worry about stupid advertising and their insistence on control of content.

[redqueen]

2. Thanks for this.

It's getting close now so I thought a K&R was in order.

[seabeyond]

3. sigh... lol, i dont do face books. but, everyone else, go for it. nt